[Advertisement for A Narrative of the Captivity & Providential Escape of Mrs. Jane Lewis]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07390 Author/Creator: Place Written: Providence, Rhode Island Type: Printed document Date: 1834 Pagination: 2 p. ; 39.2 x 26.8 cm. Order a Copy
Illustrated publication advertisement for a recently published book about Lewis experience as a captive of Chief Black Hawk during the Black Hawk War. Published in the aftermath of the war after Black Hawk was taken as a captive on a tour for the United States. The advertisement refers to the tour. An unrelated poem is printed on verso: "The Factor's Garland, or The Turkish Lady." Date inferred from the publication year of Lewis' narrative.
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